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82 lines
3.1 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
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<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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]>
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<section id="sn-editor-window">
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<title>The Editor</title>
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<para>
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Ardour provides two ways of viewing a session: the Editor and the Mixer.
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The Editor shows the session by representing tracks as horizontal
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timeline displays, with material within the tracks (audio, MIDI, video,
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automation data, etc.) arranged along the horizontal (time) axis. The
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Mixer shows the session by representing tracks as mixer strips, with
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controls for gain, record enable, soloing and so forth. More abstractly,
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the Editor represents the time based aspects of a session, whereas the
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Mixer represents the signal flow.
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</para>
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<para>
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However, it is quite possible to control the signal flow aspects from
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within the Editor as well, without the comprehensive overview that the
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Mixer provides. For some sessions, especially during the early stages of
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a session, the Editor may be the only window you need to use.
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</para>
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<section id="editor-window-layout">
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<title>Editor Window Layout</title>
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<para>
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Lets survey the basic layout of the editor window:
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</para>
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<para>
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The transport controls are in a tearoff window at the top of the
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editor, and are described in transport_window.
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</para>
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</section>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="editor_window_controls.xml" />
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="track_list.xml" />
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="editor_window_group_list.xml" />
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="editor_window_region_list.xml" />
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<section id="editor-window-chunk-list">
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<title>Chunk List</title>
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<para>
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Below the region list is the Chunk List, which provides a visual list
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of all "chunks". Chunks are collections (possibly discontiguous) of
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sections.
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</para>
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</section>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="track_display.xml" />
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="editor_window_timeline.xml" />
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<section id="editor-window-track-controls">
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<title>Track Controls</title>
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<para>
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Each track has a set of controls on its left side. Which controls are
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present varies depending on the type of track (audio, bus, automation,
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MIDI, etc.). Every track type has a "hide" button marked with a cross.
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Click on this to hide the track.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="editor-window-track-views">
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<title>Track Views</title>
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<para>
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This is where all editing takes place. The track views contain region
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objects, curve control points, lines and other items that can be
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added, removed, copied, cut and pasted. See editing_basics for more
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information on editing.
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</para>
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</section>
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href="Some_Subsection.xml" />
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</section>
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